01Discussion
Bar chart
Task 1Commuting modes across four world cities (2023)
Task 2The urban–rural divide. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
02Resources, Writing
Academic Writing papers.
Twelve complete papers. Every Task 1 visual type, all five Task 2 essay structures.
Free to download. Each paper is a full sixty-minute Academic Writing test, a Task 1 data or diagram report and a Task 2 essay, supplied with planning guidance and the band descriptors examiners mark against. Filter by what you need to practise, or work through the set in order.
Papers 01, 02 and 03 can also be written online: type both tasks against a timer, mark yourself against the four criteria, and read the Band 7.5+ models. The rest are PDF downloads for now.
·Before you send it
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Paste any Task 1 or Task 2 answer and the scan reads its structure on the spot: length against the minimum, sentence range, repeated words, linker overuse, a missing overview or position. It runs on your device, sends nothing, and stores nothing. It is not a mark, that is what a lesson is for, but it tells you what to tidy first.
Looking for prompts? The Task 2 essay-question bank sorts questions by topic and type, each with the structure it wants.
Task 1
Task 2
02Opinion
Line graph
Task 1Germany's electricity sources (2005–2024)
Task 2STEM versus arts and humanities funding. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
03Problem & solution
Pie charts
Task 1UK household food consumption (1980 vs 2020)
Task 2An ageing population. What problems does it cause, and what measures could address them?
04Adv. & disadv.
Process diagram
Task 1How waste paper is recycled (eight stages)
Task 2The growth of online shopping. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages.
05Two-part
Map
Task 1A coastal town, redeveloped (1995 vs 2025)
Task 2The rise of international tourism. Why has it grown, and is it positive or negative overall?
06Adv. & disadv.
Data table
Task 1Weekly time use across four countries (2022)
Task 2Working from home. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
07Two-part
Multiple charts
Task 1International students in Australia (bar & pie)
Task 2The fast-fashion industry. What are the causes, and what effects is it having?
08Two-part
Lifecycle diagram
Task 1The life cycle of a butterfly (metamorphosis)
Task 2Young children and screen time. How is it affecting them, and is it positive or negative?
09Discussion
Population pyramid
Task 1Japan's age structure (1990 vs 2020)
Task 2Tackling urban traffic congestion. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
10Problem & solution
Cross-section diagram
Task 1How a hydroelectric dam works
Task 2Food waste in developed countries. Why does it happen, and what measures could reduce it?
11Opinion
Floor plan
Task 1A refurbished community library layout
Task 2The 'boomerang generation'. Is this a positive or a negative development?
12Two-part
Stacked bar chart
Task 1Energy mix of five economies (2024)
Task 2The shift to electric vehicles. Is this transition inevitable, and is it desirable?
No paper matches both filters. The set has one paper per Task 1 type per Task 2 family, so some combinations don't exist.
·What's in each paper
Not just a prompt.
Most free papers hand you a question and leave you there. These give you what the examiner is actually working from.
Two tasks, sixty minutes
A Task 1 report of at least 150 words and a Task 2 essay of at least 250, timed exactly as the real test, twenty minutes and forty. Task 2 carries twice the marks.
The four assessment criteria
Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, and Grammatical Range and Accuracy, printed on every paper, each weighted a quarter, so you mark against the same things an examiner does.
Band descriptors
The band 4–9 descriptors are on the cover. Knowing what separates a 7 from a 6 is most of the work; guessing at it is why scores stall.
Planning guidance
Each Task 2 closes with notes on what the question is really asking, where candidates lose marks on this essay type, and what a full answer has to do.
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Pick any Task 2 above, write your response, and send it to me. I'll mark it in detail against the four assessment criteria and return it to you annotated, line by line, so you can see exactly where the band is sitting and what's holding it down. Written work is handled this way around the lessons, sent over and returned marked between sessions, which keeps the fifty minutes themselves free for speaking. The first lesson is a full assessment. Regular lessons are £20 for fifty minutes, one to one, in proper British English.